HELP! LR3 all of a sudden not importing my photos, and I have done nothing to it!!

[mc1979]

Ok, so all of a sudden I can't import photos, it gives me the message "The following files could not be imported because they could not be read"

My files are in .NEF format. I have had NO problems importing. As far as I know I haven't changed anything! I went to the help center and in their description under importing I see this:

File format exceptions

Lightroom does not support the following types of files: 32-bit images; PNG; Adobe Illustrator®; Nikon scanner NEF; files with dimensions greater than 65,000 pixels per side or larger than 512 megapixels


I have tried both of my cards, it does it on both. Also, I JUST imported some of the files off of these cards a week ago, but didn't import all of them. Went to import the rest tonight and this is what I get.
I don't get it because it has always read these files.




WTH??? is Nikon Scanner NEF different than just NEF?

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[SurfCityJohn]

Yes. Nikon scanner NEF is different from Nikon Camera RAW NEF. Why Nikon chose to call them both NEF is beyond me.

When you import, are you just creating a link to where they are currently located or having LR3 move them to some other location? If you are moving them, is the destination storage full?

[SurfCityJohn]

Oh, just asked a friend. He mentioned purging your cache. Preferences > File Handling > Camera Raw Cache settings > Purge Cache

See if that works.

[mc1979]

No, I'm not moving them.. I just hit import and it have never had a problem. When I click Import, it brings up all the photos that are on my card like usual, I can see them. But when I select and hit import I am now getting this message. So if it were my cards or card reader I don't see how it would even show them at all.

I did what your friend suggested. When i hit clear cache, no other box comes up, and I can't tell if it is actually clearing the cache. .But it didn't help

[mc1979]

I have also just installed the updates seeing if that helped and it has not.

[mc1979]

Ok, I think I may have figured out the problem! I was looking to where I was importing to other than LR, and it was just under USERS. I don't know if I changed that somehow, but I changed it to the link that has user/ and my name.. and when I hit import it worked! Switched it back to just plain users, and it didn't work.

[SurfCityJohn]

Nice! Glad you got it all worked out!!!